In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
François Bonvin was a prolific watercolorist, and he developed a lifelong interest in modest religious subjects showing scenes of everyday life. This delightfully simple image of a nun knitting reveals the artist's appreciation for 17th-century Dutch artists such as Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), whose work he copied.
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Jozef Israëls — Het naaistertje
Jozef Israëls — Expectation
Jozef Israëls — 'The Little Seamstress'
Jean Siméon Chardin|Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty — The Embr
Albert Neuhuys (1844-1914) — 'Vissersvrijage'
Jules Breton — Jeune fille tricotant (version 2)
George B. Butler (American, 1838–1907) — Capri Lace Maker
Jean-François Millet — La Couseuse
Augustin Théodule Ribot — Seated Woman
François Bonvin — A Woman Spinning Flax
Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff — Two Ladies at their Sewing
Jean-François Millet — The Seamstress
